Senior Research Engineer

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Posting Type External

Retirement Plan TRS or ORP

Employment Type

Employee

Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible

Full Time

Additional Schedule Information

M-F; 8am-5pm;
Evening or weekend work may be required

Advertised Salary Commensurate with experience

Posting Date 10/13/2026

Open until filled Yes

Proposed Starting Date 11/16/2026

This position is located at The Argonne National Lab, Lemont, Illinois.

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Position Information

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

FTE 1.00

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 2 years of professional experience

This position is an advanced professional work position in the fields of structural biology and X-ray optical engineering.

Work involves research, development, planning, organizing, evaluating and directing programs and projects in a Synchrotron Research Facility.
An employee allocated to this class of work research, develops, and evaluates design criteria, methods, processes, instrumentation, computer programs and systems, and related equipment for beamline operations at a Synchrotron Facility. This position may assist with supervising the work of other subordinate beamline personnel.
Methods of fulfilling responsibilities are usually at the discretion of the employee. Work is carried out under the general direction of an administrative superior and is reviewed through observation of the results.
The SER - CAT beamline engineer position is a critical component of the highly skilled staffing matrix of the SER - CAT operations team that is required to maintain and improve SER - CAT as a state-of-art Research Resource.
The SER - CAT beamline engineer will be required to work as part of the operations development team with the SER - CAT operation manager and controls scientists. The applicant will work independently on highly complex design and integration tasks in all areas of the defined beamline systems and be able to supervise the SER - CAT Research…